From coral at aoml.noaa.gov Thu Aug 1 08:12:08 1996
From: coral at aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program)
Date: Thu, 1 Aug 1996 08:12:08 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Updated Jobs-List
Message-ID:
There have been several updates to the Employment Listings at the CHAMP
Home Page, including a couple of openings in the Florida Keys and a couple
of resumes. The URL is:
http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/jobs/jobs.html
Hope this helps!
Cheers,
JCH
From aszmant at rsmas.miami.edu Thu Aug 1 16:37:01 1996
From: aszmant at rsmas.miami.edu (Alina Szmant)
Date: Thu, 1 Aug 1996 16:37:01 -0400
Subject: coral spawning
Message-ID: <199608012037.QAA26047@umigw.miami.edu>
I am expecting Acropora palmata (and possibly A. cervicornis) to spawn on
one or more nights of August 2 - 4th, from 10 - 11 pm. Diploria strigosa
might also spawn this month but probably a few nights later and earlier in
the evening (9 - 10 pm). I am not expecting Montastraeas to spawn, but
would welcome observations August 4 - 6th, 10 pm -12 am. If anyone observes
spawning by any of these species I would greatly appreciate it if you could
either notify me (information in my signature) or post it on Coral-List.
Types of observations that are important and useful include: percent of
population spawning, patterns of within-colony spawning, multiple night
observations of individual colonies (whether individual colonies spawn more
than once, and if so, is it the same part of the colony each night),
detailed description of colony morphology (for species such as A cervicornis
and A prolifera: same or different spawning patterns?; also for Montastraeas).
Many thanks!
Alina Szmant
**********************************************
Dr. Alina M. Szmant
Coral Reef Research Group
RSMAS-MBF
University of Miami
4600 Rickenbacker Cswy.
Miami FL 33149
TEL: (305)361-4609
FAX: (305)361-4600 or 361-4005
E-mail: ASZMANT at RSMAS.MIAMI.EDU
**********************************************
From hendee at aoml.noaa.gov Fri Aug 2 10:00:55 1996
From: hendee at aoml.noaa.gov (James C. Hendee)
Date: Fri, 2 Aug 1996 10:00:55 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: coral spawning
In-Reply-To: <199608012037.QAA26047@umigw.miami.edu>
Message-ID:
In addition to any mention of spawning information Dr. Szmant has
requested, it would be helpful to know any other supporting information
you might have such as temperature, salinity, depth, time, sea-state, etc.
Many thanks...
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+
| James C. Hendee | Internet: hendee at aoml.noaa.gov|
| Coral Health and | |
| Monitoring Program | Voice: 305 361-4380 |
| Ocean Chemistry Division | Fax: 305 361-4582 |
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| 4301 Rickenbacker Causeway | |
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From mabel at usp.br Sat Aug 3 14:42:27 1996
From: mabel at usp.br (Mabel Augustowski)
Date: Sat, 3 Aug 1996 15:42:27 -0300
Subject: Coral Reef Bibliography
Message-ID: <199608031842.PAA49388@spider.uspnet.usp.br>
Hello, Liz,
Your compilation will be very useful to me, please forward it when you
finish. I am specially interested in reef research methodologies.
Thanks,
Mabel.
Mabel Augustowski
Research Leader
Parque Estadual da Ilha Anchieta
C.P. 204 - Ubatuba, SP
Brasil
e-mail: mabel at usp.br
From coral at aoml.noaa.gov Mon Aug 5 08:25:27 1996
From: coral at aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program)
Date: Mon, 5 Aug 1996 08:25:27 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Bleaching information (fwd)
Message-ID:
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Fri, 2 Aug 1996 15:02:03 +0500 (GMT)
From: Posg. Biol. arina - Unal/Invemar
To: hendee at aoml.noaa.gov
Subject: Bleaching information
Santa Marta, August 2nd of 1996
Dear Doctor,
In the last months of 1995 a coral-bleaching event was detected along the
Caribbean region. We have monitored the extension of this phenomenon in
the Santa Marta area, and the recovery of some of the affected colonies.
We found an interesting relation between the event and the high in situ
temperatures. We are interested in obtaining information about this
phenomenon in your area in terms of date of the beggining, affected
species, percent of coral cover affected, recovery of colonies, and
possibly associated factors. Any information will be welcome at this adress:
Gabriel R. Navas S.
Universidad Nacional de Colombia-INVEMAR
Punta de Betin
Apartado Aereo 1016
Santa Marta
Colombia
Sur America
Tels: (57)(954)214774
(57)(954)214775
(57)(954)211380
Fax: (57)(954)211377
e-mail: pbiomar at santamarta.cetcol.net.co
Best regards,
Gabriel R. Navas S.
From aszmant at rsmas.miami.edu Mon Aug 5 18:08:34 1996
From: aszmant at rsmas.miami.edu (Alina Szmant)
Date: Mon, 5 Aug 1996 18:08:34 -0400
Subject: Acropora spawning
Message-ID: <199608052208.SAA26800@umigw.miami.edu>
We did observe Acropora palmata spawning the night of Aug. 2nd, with bundle
formation from ca. 10 pm to 10:45 pm, and bundle release for ca. 30 after
that. The night of Aug. 3rd we some spawning but very minor compared to
the nite before. We welcome learning of observations by others, especially
whether anyone observed spawning by this species on Aug. 1st.
Alina Szmant
**********************************************
Dr. Alina M. Szmant
Coral Reef Research Group
RSMAS-MBF
University of Miami
4600 Rickenbacker Cswy.
Miami FL 33149
TEL: (305)361-4609
FAX: (305)361-4600 or 361-4005
E-mail: ASZMANT at RSMAS.MIAMI.EDU
**********************************************
From coral at aoml.noaa.gov Tue Aug 6 09:17:15 1996
From: coral at aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program)
Date: Tue, 6 Aug 1996 09:17:15 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Coral bleaching in Belize
Message-ID:
Forwarded bleaching information:
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Thu, 01 Aug 96 15:32:20 GMT
From: Coral Cay Conservation
To: hendee at aoml.noaa.gov
Cc: ccc at coralcay.demon.co.uk
Subject: Coral bleaching
Dear Jim,
My colleague Peter Raines has passed on your correspondence regarding
coral bleaching and asked me to send you CCC's bleaching records from
Belize.
Through our baseline survey work we have a number of records of bleaching
but the data are rather qualitative. From personal observations I have
seen a number of bleached colonies on Turneffe Atoll. However, we did one
limited quantitative study which gave the following results from Calabash
Cay, Turneffe Atoll:
Agaricia lamarcki (3 normal, 9 partially bleached, 0 completely bleached)
Meandrina meandrites (30, 6, 7)
Siderastrea siderea (36, 0, 0)
Stephanocoenia michelenii (7, 0, 0)
Agaricia agaricites (1, 0, 2)
This survey was done along the top of the escarpment (around 15m) in
October 1994. The water temperature was 29.5 deg C (surface) and 29 at
40m. These temperatures are typical for this area.
As I am sure you are aware CARICOMP have more detailed information on
bleaching in Belize.
I hope this information is useful and please do not hesitate to contact
me again for further details,
Best wishes,
Alastair Harborne
Science Coordinator.
--
Coral Cay Conservation Ltd. 154 Clapham Park Road, London, SW4 7DE, UK.
Tel: +44 (0)71 498 6248 Fax: +44 (0)71 498 8447
E-Mail: ccc at coralcay.demon.co.uk
WWW: http://www.demon.co.uk/coralcay/home.html
From STRI01.NAOS.COLLISOP at ic.si.edu Tue Aug 6 11:36:40 1996
From: STRI01.NAOS.COLLISOP at ic.si.edu (Peter Collison)
Date: Tue, 06 Aug 1996 11:36:40 -0400
Subject: Permanent transects.quadrapods
Message-ID:
Dear All
Does anyone out there know anything on the construction of uw camera
frames forquantitave quadrat photography? There was an excellent
design for a 0.5m2 frame in Coyer and Witman....but I do not have the
book.
Any info would be excellent
Many thanks
Peter Collinson
From CoralReefA at aol.com Fri Aug 9 20:54:05 1996
From: CoralReefA at aol.com (CoralReefA at aol.com)
Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 20:54:05 -0400
Subject: IYOR Update
Message-ID: <960809205405_596094784@emout12.mail.aol.com>
Dear IYOR and Coral List Participants
This is an update about the International Year of the Reef (IYOR)
It is divided into several categories:
1. Background on IYOR and Frequently Asked Questions
2. Brief description of formal launch of IYOR at the Panama ISRS Symposium
3. Coming Events (by country/region) and Resources
4. Contact addresses for further infromation.
As always, we encourage (constructive) comments, revisions etc. Please
remember to use the listserver only if you message is of general interest
(otherwise send indivdual messages).
Thanks for your interest in IYOR.
All the best,
Sue Wells
Robert Ginsburg
Vanessa Guest
Stephen Colwell
NEWS OF THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE REEF, 1997
For those not familiar with the goals of IYOR, this is a major effort in
capacity building for reef management, outreach and education, research on
reef degradation and its causes, assessment of reef condition and
sustainable reef management. It will provide a global context for national
and regional efforts and will promote collaboration between organisations
and programmes with common interests, providing an umbrella for a wide
variety of reef-related activities in research, education, management,
tourism etc.
IYOR is not a top-down organisation with a large central office; it is
instead a grass-roots effort with emphasis on regional and local
initiatives, and
is relying on individuals and groups to achieve its aims. Groups are
encouraged to establish their own committees and develop initiatives
appropriate to their locations. IYOR groups have been formed or are being
formed in several parts of the world already (see below). Suggestions for
organizing a committee appear in the current issue of Reef Encounter.
Updates on IYOR activities will be provided from time to time on relevant
List Servers. At this time, IYOR does not have a full-time resource person
to answer all inquiries, but our volunteer leaders will do their best to
answer questions and provide advice. Most of us will be away for extended
periods during August and thus there will be delays in responding. The
IYOR Web page is being updated and hotlinks to other relevant Web pages are
being created; contact Stephen Colwell for further information (address
below).
FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF IYOR IN PANAMA
IYOR was formally announced at the 8th International Coral Reef Symposium
in Panama, at the end of June this year. Almost all of the 1400
participants,from numerous countries, including most of the world's leading
reef scientists signed the IYOR Pledge of support for conservation,
education and assessments of reef condition.
An IYOR booth attracted continuous attention throughout the meeting, and
distributed a range of materials. A press event attracted television
stations, magazines and newspapers and IYOR received good coverage in Latin
America and the Caribbean. Copies of the press release are available from
Stephen Colwell. The handsome IYOR logo designed by the Scripps Institute
was a big hit with participants as it appeared on buttons and a T-shirt.
Organisations wishing to use the logo in connection with IYOR activities
should ask for an application form from one of the people listed below. An
English leaflet on IYOR has been produced and is being distributed. Further
print-runs in other languages, as well as country- and region-specific
versions, are being planned.
IYOR was designated a sanctioned activity of the International Coral Reef
Initiative (ICRI) and assigned responsibility for public awareness of the
Initiative's 1997 Program.
The all-day IYOR Symposium on rapid assessments of benthos and fishes and
various impacts was well received. Some 20 researchers from around the
Western Atlantic met during the symposium and enthusiastically endorsed the
idea of assessing the condition of reefs remote from centres of population.
Information on this inititiative, termed WARRS (Western Atlantic Remote
Reef Survey) will be
posted on the Coral List Server.
Two meetings of those interested in education were well attended and the
participants voiced strong support for developing a clearing house with
information on all available teaching aids (see below).
IYOR-related activities also promoted at Panama included:
ReefBase, the global database on coral reefs, now available from ICLARM on
CD-Rom together with a comprehensive manual. For information contact John
McManus, J.MCMANUS at CGNET.COM
The Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network (GCMRN) was launched and is
developing plans for a network of monitoring sites worldwide. Information
brochure available from Clive Wilkinson: C.Wilkinson at pearl.aims.gov.au
A poster map of the world's coral reef and mangroves, prepared by the World
Conservation Monitoring Centre, is available in English or Spanish from
Alastair Grenfell: a.grenfell at wcmc.org.uk
COMING EVENTS:
INTERNATIONAL
October,1996 Montreal: A special session on IYOR, ICRI and coral reefs is
being organized at the World Conservation Congress by IUCN - The World
Conservation Union. Further information from Paul Holthus, IUCN Marine
Program, e-mail: PFH at HQ.iucn.ch
PACIFIC:
The Pacific Year of the Reef (PYOR) will be launched on 11 February 1997.
It is being led by the South Pacific Regional Environmental Program and to
date 17 countries are participating; others are expected to join. The PYOR
slogan is "Coral Reefs: Their Health, Our Wealth". National campaign plans
are being developed. An artwork competition is being held to design a
logo, the deadline for entries being 1 October 1996. Plans are also being
made to produce a video for the campaign. Further information from Lucille
Overhoff e-mail:
lucille at pactok.peg.apc.org
The 8th Pacific Science Association's Intercongrress to be held in Fiji
July 13-19,1997 will feature a full report on the status of coral reefs in
the Pacific and the results of resurveys of reefs after some decades, both
of which are central themes ofIYOR Additional papers on IYOR themes are
being solicited. For information contact Dr. Charles Birkeland, UOG Marine
Laboratory, Mangilao, Guam 36923 birkelan at uog9.uog.edu or Dr. Richard W.
Grigg, Department of Oceanography, University of Hawaii at Mana, 1000 Pope
Rd. Honolulu, Hawii, 96822 rgrigg at soest.hawaii.edu
UNITED STATES
A wide variety of projects have been planned by government and
non-governmental particpants in IYOR. A recent meeting sponsored by NOAA and
the AZA in Washington DC explored common themes for IYOR and allowed
networking of many of the interested groups. A summary of that meeting will
be made available over the IYOR listserv when it is edited by NOAA. These
are a few of the events currently planned.
Please describe your own plans on the IYOR listserv so that they can be added
to the calendar of events that will be displayed on the IYOR Web Site:
www.coral.org/iyor/
September 1996: Hawaii launch: How zoos and aquariums can best participate in
IYOR will be discussed at the AZA Annual meeting, sponsored by the Waikiki
Aquarium. A preview of the IYOR Coral Reef Photography Exhibition -
organized by CORAL - will be presented at the Waikiki Aquarium.
November 1996: Press Club - background briefing for science writers. IYOR
activities will be highlighted and information on the need for coral reef
conservation will be distributed to correspondents from major newspapers,
magazines and television stations to prepare them for IYOR; sponsored by NOAA
and Baltimore Aquarium
January 1997; Inauguration of IYOR with a Gala (plans underway in Miami and
San Francisco - other sites encouraged)
January 1997: The IYOR them will be included at the DEMA dive show, in
Orlando Florida
1996/97: ongoing activities at National Aquarium, Baltimore; information
from Chris Andrews e-mail: candrews at clark.net
Other Aquariums: a number of aquariums are focusing on coral reef education
and conservation during IYOR. Individual aquariums (and zoos) are invited to
discuss their plans on the IYOR listserv.
Color calendar for 1997 IYORproduced by CORAL (Coral Reef Alliance) is
available for immediate distribution; information on
availability from Stephen Colwell address below.
IYOR Coral Reef Photography Exhibition - a collection of underwater
photographs by the world's top underwater photographers - will travel to
major zoos and aquariums throughout 1997-98 - organized by CORAL
Public Service Announcements - on redio and television are planned throughout
1997 to raise the public awareness about IYOR and coral reefs.
IYOR Poster contest for children will be held throughout the United States
during IYOR. It will be coordinated by the AZA, The Waikiki Aquarium and
other participating zoos and aquariums.
UNITED KINGDOM
September-November 1997: Natural History Museum/Coral Cay Conservation
joint exhibition on coral reefs and children's educational weekend
February 1997: UK launch at London Zoo, in conjunction with Sea Life
Centres, with David Bellamy
1997: BP/Birdlife International/Fauna and Flora International special award
for coral reef expeditions
BBC programme on coral reefs as part of forthcoming 'Oceans' series
Other activities are being developed by the UK IYOR Committee. Further
information (as well as copies of the UK-IYOR newsletter) from Vanessa
Guest e-mail 101341.16 at CompuServe.COM and Liz Wood e-mail
ewood at mail.globalnet.co.uk
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
An IYOR-affiliated Program to develop research and conservation initiatives
for the Western Indian Ocean is being established in Kenya by Tim
McClanahan with support from the Pew Charitable Trust. It will be
headquartered in Mombassa under the Cora Reef Conservation Project of The
Wildlife Conservation Society and will focus on education-outreach and
coordination of activities in the region and research on ways to restore
degraded reefs and the effects of multiple anthropogenic impacts.
GERMANY
October 1996: German Research Foundation meeting on 'Global and Regional
Controls on Biogenic Information'; IYOR information will be distributed.
Further information from Felix Gunkel e-mail: fgunkel at gwdg.de
AUSTRALIA
Programs being developed through Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority,
Australian Marine Conservation Society, and University of Sydney.
MEXICO
Various activities underway, and plans for establishment of IYOR Mexican
Committee.
COLOMBIA
Plans for establishment of IYOR committee underway.
EDUCATION MATERIALS
Several initiatives are underway to assemble information on existing
materials and to produce new education and outreach materials through Steve
Ladd, Coral Forest and the UK IYOR Committee. This information will be made
available through one of the Listservers shortly, and will also be
distributed at the World Conservation Congress..
SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES
Re-survey of reefs previously impacted by excess sediment -El Nido/Bacuit
Bay, Philippines; September, 1996 led by Gregor Hodgson.
Initial assessments of coral community condition, Bahamas Barrier Reef
(Andros Island); July-August, 1996 led by William Kiene.
Re-survey of coral community condition off Abaco Island, Bahamas studied
some 30 years ago; September 1996; Robert Ginsburg and RSMAS colleagues
A Workshop on research and conservation of coral reefs in the Western
Indian Ocean will be held in late February, 1997 in Mombassa, Kenya. Futher
information from Tim McClanahan, Coral Reef Conservation Project, The
Wildlife Conservation Society, P.O. Box 99470, Mombassa, Kenya FAX: 254
(11) 472215.
Further information about IYOR from:
Robert N. Ginsburg, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science,
University of Miami, 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami FL 33149; Phone:
(305) 361-4875; FAX: (305) 361-4094 or 4632;
rginsburg at rsmas.miami.edu
Stephen Colwell, CORAL, 809 Delaware St, Berkeley CA 94710, Phone
510-528-2492, Fax 510-528-9317; e-mail: IYOR1997 at aol.com
Vanessa Guest, IYOR-UK, Fax (44) 1326-316-836; e-mail:
101341.16 at compuserve.com
From pcis at igc.apc.org Sat Aug 10 12:07:40 1996
From: pcis at igc.apc.org (GreenLife Society)
Date: Sat, 10 Aug 1996 09:07:40 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: IYOR Update
Message-ID: <2.2.16.19960811090725.7d8f3216@pop.igc.org>
IYOR looks like it's going to be a fantastic program, avoiding the
do-nothing approach of some past "year of" campaigns, which has engendered
cynicism about the efficacy of such campaigns in the past few years.
However, distressfully absent so far are any outreach efforts in the Middle
East, the site of some of the most important coral reef ecosystems from the
perspective of biodiversity and degree of threat. Hopefully, cooperation
between IYOR participants and NGOs/governments/academic institutions in the
region will be developed pursuant to the campaign.
At 08:54 PM 8/9/96 -0400, CoralReefA at aol.com wrote:
>Dear IYOR and Coral List Participants
>
>This is an update about the International Year of the Reef (IYOR)
>It is divided into several categories:
>1. Background on IYOR and Frequently Asked Questions
>2. Brief description of formal launch of IYOR at the Panama ISRS Symposium
>3. Coming Events (by country/region) and Resources
>4. Contact addresses for further infromation.
>As always, we encourage (constructive) comments, revisions etc. Please
>remember to use the listserver only if you message is of general interest
>(otherwise send indivdual messages).
>Thanks for your interest in IYOR.
>All the best,
>Sue Wells
>Robert Ginsburg
>Vanessa Guest
>Stephen Colwell
>
> NEWS OF THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE REEF, 1997
>
>For those not familiar with the goals of IYOR, this is a major effort in
>capacity building for reef management, outreach and education, research on
>reef degradation and its causes, assessment of reef condition and
>sustainable reef management. It will provide a global context for national
>and regional efforts and will promote collaboration between organisations
>and programmes with common interests, providing an umbrella for a wide
>variety of reef-related activities in research, education, management,
>tourism etc.
>
>IYOR is not a top-down organisation with a large central office; it is
>instead a grass-roots effort with emphasis on regional and local
>initiatives, and
>is relying on individuals and groups to achieve its aims. Groups are
>encouraged to establish their own committees and develop initiatives
>appropriate to their locations. IYOR groups have been formed or are being
>formed in several parts of the world already (see below). Suggestions for
>organizing a committee appear in the current issue of Reef Encounter.
>
>Updates on IYOR activities will be provided from time to time on relevant
>List Servers. At this time, IYOR does not have a full-time resource person
>to answer all inquiries, but our volunteer leaders will do their best to
>answer questions and provide advice. Most of us will be away for extended
>periods during August and thus there will be delays in responding. The
>IYOR Web page is being updated and hotlinks to other relevant Web pages are
>being created; contact Stephen Colwell for further information (address
>below).
>
> FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF IYOR IN PANAMA
>
>IYOR was formally announced at the 8th International Coral Reef Symposium
>in Panama, at the end of June this year. Almost all of the 1400
>participants,from numerous countries, including most of the world's leading
>reef scientists signed the IYOR Pledge of support for conservation,
>education and assessments of reef condition.
>
>An IYOR booth attracted continuous attention throughout the meeting, and
>distributed a range of materials. A press event attracted television
>stations, magazines and newspapers and IYOR received good coverage in Latin
>America and the Caribbean. Copies of the press release are available from
>Stephen Colwell. The handsome IYOR logo designed by the Scripps Institute
>was a big hit with participants as it appeared on buttons and a T-shirt.
>Organisations wishing to use the logo in connection with IYOR activities
>should ask for an application form from one of the people listed below. An
>English leaflet on IYOR has been produced and is being distributed. Further
>print-runs in other languages, as well as country- and region-specific
>versions, are being planned.
>
>IYOR was designated a sanctioned activity of the International Coral Reef
>Initiative (ICRI) and assigned responsibility for public awareness of the
>Initiative's 1997 Program.
>
>The all-day IYOR Symposium on rapid assessments of benthos and fishes and
>various impacts was well received. Some 20 researchers from around the
>Western Atlantic met during the symposium and enthusiastically endorsed the
>idea of assessing the condition of reefs remote from centres of population.
> Information on this inititiative, termed WARRS (Western Atlantic Remote
>Reef Survey) will be
>posted on the Coral List Server.
>
>Two meetings of those interested in education were well attended and the
>participants voiced strong support for developing a clearing house with
>information on all available teaching aids (see below).
>
>IYOR-related activities also promoted at Panama included:
>
>ReefBase, the global database on coral reefs, now available from ICLARM on
>CD-Rom together with a comprehensive manual. For information contact John
>McManus, J.MCMANUS at CGNET.COM
>
>The Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network (GCMRN) was launched and is
>developing plans for a network of monitoring sites worldwide. Information
>brochure available from Clive Wilkinson: C.Wilkinson at pearl.aims.gov.au
>
>A poster map of the world's coral reef and mangroves, prepared by the World
>Conservation Monitoring Centre, is available in English or Spanish from
>Alastair Grenfell: a.grenfell at wcmc.org.uk
>
> COMING EVENTS:
>
>INTERNATIONAL
>
>October,1996 Montreal: A special session on IYOR, ICRI and coral reefs is
>being organized at the World Conservation Congress by IUCN - The World
>Conservation Union. Further information from Paul Holthus, IUCN Marine
>Program, e-mail: PFH at HQ.iucn.ch
>
>PACIFIC:
>
>The Pacific Year of the Reef (PYOR) will be launched on 11 February 1997.
>It is being led by the South Pacific Regional Environmental Program and to
>date 17 countries are participating; others are expected to join. The PYOR
>slogan is "Coral Reefs: Their Health, Our Wealth". National campaign plans
>are being developed. An artwork competition is being held to design a
>logo, the deadline for entries being 1 October 1996. Plans are also being
>made to produce a video for the campaign. Further information from Lucille
>Overhoff e-mail:
>lucille at pactok.peg.apc.org
>
>The 8th Pacific Science Association's Intercongrress to be held in Fiji
>July 13-19,1997 will feature a full report on the status of coral reefs in
>the Pacific and the results of resurveys of reefs after some decades, both
>of which are central themes ofIYOR Additional papers on IYOR themes are
>being solicited. For information contact Dr. Charles Birkeland, UOG Marine
>Laboratory, Mangilao, Guam 36923 birkelan at uog9.uog.edu or Dr. Richard W.
>Grigg, Department of Oceanography, University of Hawaii at Mana, 1000 Pope
>Rd. Honolulu, Hawii, 96822 rgrigg at soest.hawaii.edu
>
>UNITED STATES
>A wide variety of projects have been planned by government and
>non-governmental particpants in IYOR. A recent meeting sponsored by NOAA and
>the AZA in Washington DC explored common themes for IYOR and allowed
>networking of many of the interested groups. A summary of that meeting will
>be made available over the IYOR listserv when it is edited by NOAA. These
>are a few of the events currently planned.
>
>Please describe your own plans on the IYOR listserv so that they can be added
>to the calendar of events that will be displayed on the IYOR Web Site:
> www.coral.org/iyor/
>
>September 1996: Hawaii launch: How zoos and aquariums can best participate in
>IYOR will be discussed at the AZA Annual meeting, sponsored by the Waikiki
>Aquarium. A preview of the IYOR Coral Reef Photography Exhibition -
>organized by CORAL - will be presented at the Waikiki Aquarium.
>
>November 1996: Press Club - background briefing for science writers. IYOR
>activities will be highlighted and information on the need for coral reef
>conservation will be distributed to correspondents from major newspapers,
>magazines and television stations to prepare them for IYOR; sponsored by NOAA
>and Baltimore Aquarium
>
>January 1997; Inauguration of IYOR with a Gala (plans underway in Miami and
>San Francisco - other sites encouraged)
>
>January 1997: The IYOR them will be included at the DEMA dive show, in
>Orlando Florida
>
>1996/97: ongoing activities at National Aquarium, Baltimore; information
>from Chris Andrews e-mail: candrews at clark.net
>
>Other Aquariums: a number of aquariums are focusing on coral reef education
>and conservation during IYOR. Individual aquariums (and zoos) are invited to
>discuss their plans on the IYOR listserv.
>
>Color calendar for 1997 IYORproduced by CORAL (Coral Reef Alliance) is
>available for immediate distribution; information on
>availability from Stephen Colwell address below.
>
>IYOR Coral Reef Photography Exhibition - a collection of underwater
>photographs by the world's top underwater photographers - will travel to
>major zoos and aquariums throughout 1997-98 - organized by CORAL
>
>Public Service Announcements - on redio and television are planned throughout
>1997 to raise the public awareness about IYOR and coral reefs.
>
>IYOR Poster contest for children will be held throughout the United States
>during IYOR. It will be coordinated by the AZA, The Waikiki Aquarium and
>other participating zoos and aquariums.
>
>
>UNITED KINGDOM
>
>September-November 1997: Natural History Museum/Coral Cay Conservation
>joint exhibition on coral reefs and children's educational weekend
>
>February 1997: UK launch at London Zoo, in conjunction with Sea Life
>Centres, with David Bellamy
>
>1997: BP/Birdlife International/Fauna and Flora International special award
>for coral reef expeditions
>
>BBC programme on coral reefs as part of forthcoming 'Oceans' series
>
>Other activities are being developed by the UK IYOR Committee. Further
>information (as well as copies of the UK-IYOR newsletter) from Vanessa
>Guest e-mail 101341.16 at CompuServe.COM and Liz Wood e-mail
>ewood at mail.globalnet.co.uk
>
>WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
>
>An IYOR-affiliated Program to develop research and conservation initiatives
>for the Western Indian Ocean is being established in Kenya by Tim
>McClanahan with support from the Pew Charitable Trust. It will be
>headquartered in Mombassa under the Cora Reef Conservation Project of The
>Wildlife Conservation Society and will focus on education-outreach and
>coordination of activities in the region and research on ways to restore
>degraded reefs and the effects of multiple anthropogenic impacts.
>
>GERMANY
>
>October 1996: German Research Foundation meeting on 'Global and Regional
>Controls on Biogenic Information'; IYOR information will be distributed.
>Further information from Felix Gunkel e-mail: fgunkel at gwdg.de
>
>AUSTRALIA
>
>Programs being developed through Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority,
>Australian Marine Conservation Society, and University of Sydney.
>
>MEXICO
>
>Various activities underway, and plans for establishment of IYOR Mexican
>Committee.
>
>COLOMBIA
>
>Plans for establishment of IYOR committee underway.
>
> EDUCATION MATERIALS
>
>Several initiatives are underway to assemble information on existing
>materials and to produce new education and outreach materials through Steve
>Ladd, Coral Forest and the UK IYOR Committee. This information will be made
>available through one of the Listservers shortly, and will also be
>distributed at the World Conservation Congress..
>
> SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES
>
>Re-survey of reefs previously impacted by excess sediment -El Nido/Bacuit
>Bay, Philippines; September, 1996 led by Gregor Hodgson.
>
>Initial assessments of coral community condition, Bahamas Barrier Reef
>(Andros Island); July-August, 1996 led by William Kiene.
>
>Re-survey of coral community condition off Abaco Island, Bahamas studied
>some 30 years ago; September 1996; Robert Ginsburg and RSMAS colleagues
>
>A Workshop on research and conservation of coral reefs in the Western
>Indian Ocean will be held in late February, 1997 in Mombassa, Kenya. Futher
>information from Tim McClanahan, Coral Reef Conservation Project, The
>Wildlife Conservation Society, P.O. Box 99470, Mombassa, Kenya FAX: 254
>(11) 472215.
>
>Further information about IYOR from:
>
>Robert N. Ginsburg, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science,
>University of Miami, 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami FL 33149; Phone:
>(305) 361-4875; FAX: (305) 361-4094 or 4632;
>rginsburg at rsmas.miami.edu
>
>Stephen Colwell, CORAL, 809 Delaware St, Berkeley CA 94710, Phone
>510-528-2492, Fax 510-528-9317; e-mail: IYOR1997 at aol.com
>
>Vanessa Guest, IYOR-UK, Fax (44) 1326-316-836; e-mail:
>101341.16 at compuserve.com
>
>
>
William C. Burns
Director, GreenLife Society - North American Chapter
700 Cragmont Ave.
Berkeley, CA 94708 USA
Phone/Fax: (510) 558-0620
WWW site: http://EELINK.umich.edu/greenlife/index.html
GLSNA Affiliations:
Union of Concerned Scientists, Sound Science Initiative
The EarthAction Network
The Galapagos Coalition
Reseau International d'ONG sur la Desertification (RIOD)
Accredited NGO Observer, International Whaling Commission
European Social Science Fisheries Network
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that will outlast it."
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From coral at aoml.noaa.gov Sun Aug 11 11:11:11 1996
From: coral at aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program)
Date: Sun, 11 Aug 1996 11:11:11 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: IYOR & Coral List Update Correction
Message-ID:
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: 10 Aug 96 23:43:08 EDT
From: John Rewald <100353.164 at compuserve.com>
To: Coral Reef Owner
Cc: Lucille Apis-Overhoff
Subject: IYOR & Coral List Update
Concerning the IYOR update posted on Friday, 9 August 1996.
Coming Events for the Pacific Region.
The regional campaign is called "1997 Pacific Year of the Coral Reef" (PYOCR),
all participants agreed on the coral reef theme.
The campaign slogan is "Coral Reefs: Their Health, Our Future!"
the Our Wealth is a mistake and circulars have been sent out from SPREP
rectifying this.
John Rewald
Head of Department
Motupore Island Research Department
University of Papua New Guinea
Box 320 University P.O.
National Capital District
Papua New Guinea 134
Phone: (675) 3258093
Fax: (675) 3258093
Telex: NE22366
Email: 100353.164 at compuserve.com
jrewald at peg.apc.org
From mattia at cbl.cees.edu Wed Aug 14 21:50:33 1996
From: mattia at cbl.cees.edu (Christopher M. Mattia)
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 1996 21:50:33 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Non-Destructive Coral Health Monitoring Home Page
Message-ID:
As part of my Senior Thesis at St. Mary's College of Maryland I have
created a page on the WWW. Please take a look at it and send me your
comments and suggestions.
The Non-destructive Coral Health Monitoring Home Page
http://www.cbl.cees.edu/~mattia/SMProject/
as with all web pages some parts are still under construction so watch out
for falling bricks...:)
Christopher M. Mattia
CBL-CEES-UMD
P.O. Box 38
Solomons MD 20688
Phone (410) 326-7345
Fax (410) 326-7419
mattia at cbl.cees.edu
http://www.cbl.cees.edu/~mattia/
From edrew at ozemail.com.au Fri Aug 16 03:43:16 1996
From: edrew at ozemail.com.au (edrew at ozemail.com.au)
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 17:43:16 +1000 (EST)
Subject: another new web site
Message-ID: <199608160743.RAA23659@oznet02.ozemail.com.au>
Those of you addicted to the World Wide Web might like to check out
the new web site I am putting together. It has progressed beyond the
foundations and you can now get an idea of its eventual splendour.
The emphasis is very much marine botany, but, as those who know me
could have guessed, Halimeda and the Great Barrier Reef feature
extensively.
The URL is http://www.ozemail.com.au/~edrew
Inevitably, it looks and works best with Netscape 2.0 or above, particularly
as JavaScript already features in one interactive page and there is an
animated GIF on another.
Feedback about potential content will be welcome, but no complaining
about some of the pages being empty at present! All will be revealed in
the fullness of time........
Ed
------------------------- Dr Edward A Drew -----------------------
| PO Box 361, Castletown, Hyde Park, Townsville, Q 4812, Australia |
| TEL +61-077-724452 FAX +61-077-213538 MOBILE +61-014-879869 |
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From oveh at bio.usyd.edu.au Fri Aug 16 03:57:30 1996
From: oveh at bio.usyd.edu.au (Ove Hoegh-Guldberg)
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 17:57:30 +1000
Subject: Invest in art for coral reefs!
Message-ID: <1.5.4.32.19960816075730.006f8b80@mail.bio.usyd.edu.au>
Visit the "save the reef" Internet Art Auction!
As an event leading up to the "International Year of the Reef" (1997), the
Coral Reef Research Institute (CRRI) is running an Internet art auction.
This event begins August 15th and runs for two weeks at
http://artauction.aust.com. At this site you can visit a gallery of over
50 works of art by internationally acclaimed artists. A novel program
allows you to bid for art at the site.
The aim of this art auction is to bring awareness of the challenges that
face coral reefs world-wide. It will also function to pursue crucial
support for One Tree Island research station which is currently being
threatened with closure by reduced institutional funding. The loss of One
Tree Island (the site of projects like ENCORE) would be a huge blow to coral
reef research and conservation.
Log in and make an investment in art and the future of coral reefs
worldwide! Please disseminate this message electronically to all your email
and Internet contacts. An attractive button is attached for putting up at
WWW sites.
Where: http://artauction.aust.com.
When: August 15th to 30th, 1996
Who: Coral Reef Research Institute (research and conservation)
SUPPORT THE ART AUCTION! : http://www.artauction.aust.com
Aug 15th - 30th. Log in and bid!!!
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Ove Hoegh-Guldberg Ph: (02) 351-2389
School of Biological Sciences Fax: (02) 351-4119
Building A08 Mobile: 014 811 935
University of Sydney Country code Australia = 61
2006 NSW Australia
OHG: http://www.bio.usyd.edu.au/SOBS/ACADEMIC/ACASTAFF/ohg/ohg.html
Coral Reef Research Institute: http://www.bio.usyd.edu.au/CRRI/crri-ind.html
One Tree Island Research Station: http://www.bio.usyd.edu.au/OTI/
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From coral at aoml.noaa.gov Tue Aug 20 10:56:19 1996
From: coral at aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program)
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 1996 10:56:19 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: FIO-enhanced C-MAN data
Message-ID:
An update to Florida Institute of Oceanography (FIO) enhanced
Coastal-Marine Automated Network (C-MAN) data from C-MAN stations in the
Florida Straits has been made available on the CHAMP Home Page,
specifically at:
http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/cman/cman_menu.html
Data are available through June, 1996, and include measurements for
salinity and photosynthetically active radiation. Header files for these
data are the same as for previous years.
Near real-time data are available at the same site, although some of the
NDBC and/or FIO instruments are in the process of being replaced or
repaired.
NDBC data (only) may be retrieved from their Home Page at:
http://seaboard.ndbc.noaa.gov/ndbc.html
For further information, contact Chris Humphrey, who maintains the
FIO-enhanced C-MAN sites. He may be reached at (305) 664-9101. His
e-mail address is humphrj1 at firnvx.firn.edu.
From mattia at cbl.cees.edu Wed Aug 21 09:23:41 1996
From: mattia at cbl.cees.edu (Christopher M. Mattia)
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 1996 09:23:41 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Coral Health Monitoring Method
Message-ID:
For those of you who are actively involved with coral health monitoring. I
am interested in finding out by what method are you attempting to assess
coral health? One example would be: by using video transects we determine
percent cover, and species diversity while monitoring pH, salinity,
temperature...etc...
The results from this query will be posted on the Non-Destructive Coral
Health Monitoring Home Page
http://www.cbl.cees.edu/~mattia/SMProject/
Thanks,
chris
Christopher M. Mattia
CBL-CEES-UMD
P.O. Box 38
Solomons MD 20688
Phone (410) 326-7345
Fax (410) 326-7419
mattia at cbl.cees.edu
http://www.cbl.cees.edu/~mattia/
Non-Destructive Coral Health Monitoring Home Page:
http://www.cbl.cees.edu/~mattia/SMProject/
From coral at aoml.noaa.gov Wed Aug 21 19:15:01 1996
From: coral at aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program)
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 1996 19:15:01 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Coral Spawning/Gulf of Mexico (fwd)
Message-ID:
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: 21 Aug 1996 16:32:25 -0400
From: "Deslarzes, Ken"
To: Coral Health and Monitoring Program
Subject: Coral Spawning/Gulf of Mexico
From: Gregory S. Boland, Dept. of Oceanography, Texas A&M University, College
Station, Texas 77843, USA. Ph. 409-845-8387
-Copy of a Press Release-
Seven evenings after the full moon of July; Flower Gardens Banks National
Marine Sanctuary (NW Gulf of Mexico), August 6, 1996. The corals continue to
surprise all the coral reef biologists, including this one after five years of
observation and research. I would have bet, along with virtually every one
else, that the odds were very small of seeing any spawning at the Flower
Gardens this early in August, but the Flower Gardens surprised us yet again.
On the night of August 6th, seven evenings after the full moon of July 30, the
Flower Gardens impressed a large number of volunteer research divers from
Oceanographic Expeditions with a mass spawning event (albeit very reduced in
comparison to previous year's events). In comparison to other sites
throughout the Atlantic and Caribbean during normal events, even a reduced
mass spawning at the Flower Gardens appears quite spectacular.
The first witnessed coral spawning occurred at 20:55 hrs CDT from both male
and female Montastraea cavernosa. One dive team also recorded a mass egg
bundle release from a single Diploria strigosa head at 21:30 hrs. This author
entered the water at 21:45 and shortly after came across the head of a female
M. cavernosa releasing rather loose aggregations of tiny eggs. In previous
years, this diecious species extruded much more agglutinated egg masses than
what was seen this year in August. Individual eggs rapidly separated from
each other as they were expelled from each polyp.
A total of three different species were seen spawning between a narrow time
window of 20:55-22:20 hrs. These included D. strigosa, Montastraea franksi
and both sexes of M. cavernosa. People on the vessel also reported a limited
presence of a spawn slick on the water's surface roughly during the same
period.
Ten divers entered the water for a third dive sequence on the evening of
August at 23:55 hrs. None observed any evidence of spawning during their dive
of approximately 35 minutes and no other coral eggs were observed on the
surface for the rest of the evening up to at least 02:00 hrs of 7 August.
The second night of the cruise did not result in any diver observations of
spawning between the hours of 20:30-21:30 hrs but there were observations of
coral egg bundles on the surface. The species producing the egg bundles was
not positively identified but appeared to be from a M. franksi. Several heads
of D. strigosa were observed and photographed by this author underwater in
pre-spawning "setting stage". The vast majority (>95%) of the other D.
strigosa heads did not show any signs of a setting stage.
A very brief appearance of egg bundles also appeared on the surface at 21:30
hrs during the night of 8 August, 9 evenings after the full moon. This is the
time frame for the spawning of Colpophyllia natans, but the observed egg
bundles were much smaller that the normal baby pea-sized C. natans egg
bundles. The observed bundles could have been from a single head due to the
very short duration (2-3 min) the spawn drifted past the vessel.
There is little doubt that the 3 or 4 September coral spawning event will be
quite spectacular, but then, we have been fooled before.
From mbs at mangga.usc.edu.ph Fri Aug 23 06:31:31 1996
From: mbs at mangga.usc.edu.ph (Marine Biology Section, USC, Cebu, Philippi)
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 10:31:31 +0000
Subject: water seepage
Message-ID: <1AA1C60558@mangga.usc.edu.ph>
Dear everyone,
Hi! I am planning to conduct a study on how a reef community
structure is modified by ambient nutrient levels. The study area
has high levels of PO4 and NO3 and I have good reason to think that
inputs are from the adjacent resort. In-puts possibly come from
water used to spray on lawns and mini-golf courses, which seeps through
the ground, is nutrient-loaded, and finds its way into the immediate
coastal area. I would like to know how to go about quantifying this
water that ends up in the sea. I have come across studies using
"piezometers" and "seepage meters"-- how do these work? Are there
other ways of quantifying seepage? In addition, if anybody of you is
working on a study related to mine, reprints will be more than welcome.
Thank you very much and have a nice day!
cheers, Chona
____sender's name_____
Marine Biology Section
University of San Carlos fax (+63-32) 3460351
Cebu City 6000, Philippines email: mbs at mangga.usc.edu.ph
****** When replying, PLEASE INCLUDE ADDRESSEE'S NAME IN
SUBJECT HEADER *** thanks. ********
From Sharifah.SyedIbrahim at jcu.edu.au Fri Aug 23 05:01:43 1996
From: Sharifah.SyedIbrahim at jcu.edu.au (Sharifah Syed Ibrahim)
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 19:01:43 +1000 (EST)
Subject: salinity and El Nino
Message-ID:
Dear all,
Hi. I am a student, and new to this list.
My project is trying to investigate the effects of hyposalinity on
scleractinian and octocorals.
1. I am wondering if anyone has contemplated the El Nino effects as being
not just temperature but also, with the change in climate (hurricanes,
high rainfall, etc), the likelihood of hyposalinity as a major stress
factor.
2 Any leads to recent materials on hyposalinity and corals would be
appreciated (the searches I did yielded dated stuff which is useful but
not up to date).
3. As well, any one who has worked on HELIOPORA COERULEA in terms of
tolerances, requirements in nature, problems in keeping in aquaria, etc?
I would greatly appreciate your kind inputs on any one of the above query.
Thanking you in advance,
nora
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Nora SyedIbrahim
Postgraduate student
Marine Biology Dept.
James Cook University
Townsville, Queensland 4811
A U S T R A L I A.
Ph: ++61-077- 815718
Fax: ++61-077- 251570
Email: Sharifah.SyedIbrahim at jcu.edu.au
From coral at aoml.noaa.gov Fri Aug 23 11:51:44 1996
From: coral at aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program)
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 11:51:44 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Marine Biology CD
Message-ID:
This message from the marbio listserver may be of interest to some of
you. Sorry if you've already seen this, we've just installed a new hard
drive for the list-server and this may be the 2nd go-round...
jch
================================
From: Jeff Levinton
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 16:27:35 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: marbio: MARINE BIOLOGY EXPLORATIONS CD
COMING SEPTEMBER 13
FROM OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
"MARINE BIOLOGY EXPLORATIONS"
by Jeffrey Levinton (State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony
Brook NY 11794 USA)
A CD with nearly 300 images of marine environments and organisms.
Produced as a companion to "Marine Biology: Function, Biodiversity,
Ecology" by Jeffrey Levinton, Marine Biology Explorations (MBE) gives the
student an opportunity to examine images and explanatory text for the
following subject areas:
(1) The Voyage of the Challenger Expedition
(2) Marine Plankton
(3) Salt Marshes
(4) Mangals
(5) Coral Reefs
(6) Soft Bottom Shores
(7) Rocky Shores
(8) Marine Invertebrate Larvae
(9) Subtidal Bottoms
(10) Hot Vent Environments
(11) Kelp Forests
Complete Picture Index
Images are from both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of North America.
Each subject area allows the student to "wander" and encounter new
organisms and ecological features. Text boxes describe organisms or
illuminate ecological processes.
Other features:
(1) A multiple choice test module, keyed to chapters of Levinton's book.
Over 250 questions are provided.
(2) Digital images of nearly all figures from Levinton's text "Marine
Biology: Function, Biodiversity, Ecology." All figures are in Adobe
Acrobat format, which allows figures to be converted, for example into
classroom presentables, such as overhead transparencies and digitally
projectible images (e.g., from a laptop connected to a computer-compatible
projector).
Hardware Required: Macintosh Computer with CD-ROM, MACOS version 6.0 and
above Estimated Cost: $24.95 or comes free to instructor who adopts
Levinton's text.
To order, contact Oxford University Press at:
Order Department, Oxford University Press
2001 Evans Road
Cary, North Carolina 27513
tel. 800-451-7556
For inspection copies and further information, please contact Chris
Johnson at Oxford University Press. His email address is: cpj at oup-usa.org
Jeff Levinton
Department of Ecology and Evolution
State University of New York
Stony Brook NY 11794-5245
tel 516 632 8602
fax 516 632 7626
From hendee at aoml.noaa.gov Mon Aug 26 13:03:38 1996
From: hendee at aoml.noaa.gov (James C. Hendee)
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 1996 13:03:38 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: reef@aoml maintenance
Message-ID:
We are currently installing a new hard drive and other items of hardware
on the workstation which holds the coral-list listserver software
(majordomo), so if you have trouble posting messages, we would appreciate
your patience. Usually, if a message doesn't make it across the Internet
the first time, the message will automatically be resent at a prespecified
interval.
Cheers,
Jim Hendee
coral-list administrator
From horta at servidor.dgsca.unam.mx Wed Aug 28 19:54:43 1996
From: horta at servidor.dgsca.unam.mx (Horta Puga Guillermo Javier-ENEPIZ)
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 17:54:43 -0600 (CST)
Subject: Coral list
In-Reply-To:
Message-ID:
Burro no enviaste completo el mensaje
Me parece que la direccion es
majordomo at reef.aoml.noaa.gov
colocas el siguiente mensaje en el texto:
Subcribe coral-list
sino checa pues nimodo, ojala alguien mas te conteste.
Guillermo
On Wed, 28 Aug 1996, Yedid Hilu Aaron-ENEPIZ wrote:
> If someone could help me how to suscribe to coral reef list I would
> appreciate the h
>
>
From Sue.Flood at bbc.co.uk Thu Aug 29 11:06:49 1996
From: Sue.Flood at bbc.co.uk (Flood,Sue)
Date: 29 Aug 96 15:06:49 GMT
Subject:
Message-ID: F3B1253281902C79@bs1.bbc"@-SMF->
Dear All
The BBC Natural History Unit is producing a major new documentary
series called 'The Blue Planet', 8 x 50-minute programmes about the
natural history of the world's oceans, encompassing a breadth and
depth (quite literally!) of habitats, e.g coral reefs, rocky shores,
mangroves, temperate waters, open ocean, polar seas and the deep.
We are keen to find highly visual stories to present in this series and
would very much like to hear from you if you have any
interesting/unusual/spectacular behaviours and/or locations that you
feel would be worthwhile including - from the size of zooxanthellae up
to humpbacks at Silver Banks!
It would be particularly useful if you were able to include
information on any of the following points:
1. Is there any visual material of this story in existence, either in
the form of stills or video footage?
2. Is there any good reference material (review articles, books etc.)
dealing with the subject, especially those with accompanying photographs?
3. Can you suggest anybody (perhaps yourself?!) whom we could contact
regarding the practicalities and feasibility of filming this subject?
We hope that with your help we can ensure that 'The Blue Planet' will
be a hallmark series of which both the BBC and the scientific
community can be proud. Any help that you can give us would be very
much appreciated.
I'd also be very grateful for information about any forthcoming
conferences on anything marine, which may be helpful.
Finally, apologies to those of you reading this whom I've already
spoken to in Panama! (and many thanks again for your kind help).
With many thanks for any help that you can give me,
Sincerely
Sue Flood
Sue Flood
BBC Natural History Unit
Whiteladies Road
Bristol BS8 2LR
UK
Tel 44-117-9746763
Fax 44-117-9237708
E-mail Sue.Flood at bbc.co.uk
From davidson at blue.weeg.uiowa.edu Fri Aug 30 14:44:49 1996
From: davidson at blue.weeg.uiowa.edu (Osha Gray Davidson)
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 13:44:49 -0500
Subject: Great Barrier Reef contacts
Message-ID: <2.2.32.19960830184449.00687e80@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu>
I'm in the process of planning a trip to the Great Barrier Reef, to take
place some time in the next few months, for work on a book (for lay-persons)
about coral reefs and associated ecosystems. Are there any list-members down
under who would be willing to serve as contacts for this trip--explaining
their work and suggesting places to visit? I'd greatly appreciate the help!
Thanks, in advance,
Osha
Osha Gray Davidson
14 S. Governor St.
Iowa City, IA 52240
USA
PH: (319) 338-4778
FAX: (319) 338-8606
e-mail: davidson at blue.weeg.uiowa.edu
Center for International and Comparative Studies, University of Iowa
From LizMat at aol.com Fri Aug 30 12:04:51 1996
From: LizMat at aol.com (LizMat at aol.com)
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 12:04:51 -0400
Subject: Coral reef bibliography - update
Message-ID: <960830120450_397662500@emout18.mail.aol.com>
Thanks to everyone for sending me lists and lists of coral reef related
references. I wanted to provide a brief update of the status of our work.
We (GreenLife Society) have decided to focus our bibliography on management
and policy related references. There are 2 main reasons for this: first, the
shear volume of scientific work that has been and is being done is way beyond
our scope; and second, we found several organizations already working on very
similar projects. Rather than re-do what has already been done, we have been
discussing ways to collaborate and consolidate the information collected.
ICLARM has recently completed the first version of ReefBase, a comprehensive
CD-ROM database (contact ReefBase at cgnet.com for further information). We
will be helping to update their references list by sending all of the
bibliographic info that we have received. The Earth Policy Center at
Columbia University is also developing a reef-related database that will be
accessible through the Internet.
Thank you all again for your contributions.
Liz Matthews
Reseach Associate
GreenLife Society
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